Well, Koreans invented E-sports and game casting. I remember in the old days the westerners used to make fun of Koreans for casting videogames but look at now, everyone game casts tournaments.
Originally I was rooting for Maru but damn... Hero has redefined Protoss 12 years after SC2 came out - holy crap!!! And he's so humble and always smiling... I almost cried during the post-match interview! Amazing finals and amazing performance! Thank you Afreeca
@@chrisreid5209 gotta love people who read the comments (that can always contain spoilers) instead of watching video first and then reading comments :P
GSL is so damn amazing. Great great job Hero, really looked unstoppable. He played so well it made it hard to believe he was playing against Maru, which says a LOT.
Truly beautiful protoss play by herO. I haven't had chills like that in a long time. Maru being the champion that he is, brought the pressure, and herO deflected and defended when it counted. Amazing to watch herO since he has come back from military service, redefining the meta and tearing through the GSL bracket to finally win a GSL championship. Congrats herO! gg wp
@@jayceh Unfortunately i do have to agree with you. Creator has the abilities but is still way to emotional. I think it will be difficult for him to change his mindset. If he can, we have a second contender for winning a GSL as Protoss.
His usage of Disruptors and High Templars is beautiful. Who knew Stalkers could be such reliable frontliners? If they get low, blink them away, and send in the Cavalry in the form of Zealots. 😂😂 If the High Templars have used their Psi Storms, immediately merge them into Archons for more frontliners to reinforce the Stalkers, and keep the beefy/hard-hitting Immortals alive in the back line. If those Immortals become exposed, well they are tanky as hell to hold the line until more warp ins occur from the Warp Prisms, while Zealots go from cavalry to covert ops on Maru’s mineral lines/military defenses. Rinse-wash-repeat. Congratulations Hero. It’s nice to finally see a dominant Protoss player for a change.
@@twoface9959 It almost felt like Hero was playing Zerg, except with protoss units. It was insane. The fact that between Bunny and Maru they pulled the boys (scvs) like every round... Wow that dominance!
It’s been FAR too long. Terran has had Maru to look up to, Zerg has had four different behemoths to represent them, but there’s been a void for Protoss at the top. It looks like Toss fans finally have someone who can fight in that weight class. Regardless of which race you are a supporter of, Protoss, and the game, and the scene in general, really NEEDED this to happen. It’s nice to get a fresh personality at the top.
@@user-Doggo101 Trap never won a Code S and Zest was very inconsistent, he beats Rogue in the semi-finals, the Blizzcon champion and 2 times Katowice champion but loses to Cure, the one that haven't won anything important and then he fails to qualify for the robin round 2 times in a row.
Certainly but not only that. Top Protoss players in the last years always tried to max out on skytoss as quickly as possible, because it was the savest option (basically you almost cant die in the early game, so you can spent the next 15 minutes to build up your deathball). But top tier terran and especially zerg players learned to deal with those armies very efficiently, thats why protoss didnt win any large tournaments. Then skytoss got a slight nerf with the voids and suddenly protoss players learn how to use ground armies again, which always were powerfull. Save for a heavy broodlord or lurker army i think groundtoss can deal with any composition. Hero just shows the potiential groundtoss always had. Has did something similar, as Reynor does now (when he plays protoss) but both arent quite at Heros level (well with protoss that is). And the best thing for use viewers is, the games are much more action packed that way 🙂
@@Daniel-rd6st Tbf, lurker army sucks against robo units. They are good against gateway-based army, but kinda being thrown away by disruptors unless you get vipers (and then they get feedbacks in return).
@@Whalery I think thats true. I added lurkers mainly, because i saw once 15 or so lurkers completly derstroying around the same number of immortals that got too close while the lurkers were on hold fire :p
well, no, hero played great but what was maru doing in this series. that mine drop in the last game was terrible. im starting to wonder if maru has G5L nerves cause he's been pretty bad both times hes had the chance to win it. he seems unprepared each time too like he's not even ready for the series.
That tempest play in the end was a sick finish to winning the GSL final. Congrats to Hero, well played still by Maru, he is still the god of terran and will for sure make his return.
HerO's new idea about immortals is so cool. In order to take down disruptors quickly, Maru is supposed to build marauders. Therefore, adding some immortals to protect (by fire forces) the disruptors maybe the key idea about this unit composition. Protoss is really a race about sheilding to each unit.
storm-immortal vs bio has been around since WoL, the idea is storm will kill the marine, wound the marauder and immortal will just 1-shot them. Liberator is the most reliable unit to deal with disruptor, mass marauder won't work in the long run. But then Maru just can't afford liberator with his economy (if you're referring to game 2)
@@ThanhLe-ti8nx Yeah you are rigt. In the final game, herO turned into tempests. Maybe he had already estimated the timing to switch the unit composition, matching the timing of liberators. (But Maru still could not afford mass liberator.)
Been watching SC2 since 2013 and this is the best GSL finals I can remember and definitely in the conversation for best sc2 starleague finals period... simply because of how amazing the matchup was, herO VS Maru, all the storylines, this was truly the two highest level players right now duking it out, you cannot ask for more than that as a fan of sc2. I haven't seen a Protoss player play this perfectly ever, even with the slight little micro mistakes (2 with disruptors that I can remember), his control was 99.8% perfect and his decision making was 99.9% perfect. Maru is one of my top 3 favorite players and I was rooting against him to be honest. I have been closely following herO all year as IMO he's been the most hype player all year long just getting better and better leading up to this match. This was just crazy, man.
Congratulations Hero! U truly deserved it. Ive been watching him for years. To see from a careless toss player to a wiser and more calculative player, such an amazing journey. I once critized him for being very weak against terran player, but now he just beat the terran god Maru. Such an amazing play and journey by Hero.
This time the stories of both players add so much to the game. Also their banter was very enjoyable, so I'm very glad I watched the 15 minutes before the games as well!
this is seriously the best sc2 i've ever seen in my entire life. herO is a fucking god, that wasn't even close, maru played so well but he just tore him apart anyway, like god damn.
yep, he 4-1 Maru, in mostly macro games (only 1 "cheese"), think of how insane that is. Maru looked unstoppable beating Dark too so you know he's at the top of his game.
I have never seen before a top protoss beated world no1 terran so clear in major tourney final. it was mostly very close. but this series HerO made something different and played perfect. no words describe his momentum.
Had been a herO fan for many years like his aggressive style. And had been feeling sad for him for not being very successful for many years finally he got a very deserving championship! Can’t hold back my emotion and had to cheer out loud for him! Congrats herO!
To beat Maru in a GSL finals you have to say “wow the Protoss must have played out of his mind”. To SMASH Maru 4-1? I don’t think we realize just yet how insane of a level that is. I’m just speechless. WOW HERO!!!!
One of the crazy things about this series is how every time Maru pulled SCV's, it accomplished basically nothing. Recently and historically Protosses have been destroyed by it quite often. Hero's focus on Blink stalkers with constant micro, rather than mass Zealot, and his usage of Sentry forcefields rendered the SCV pull essentially useless every time. Maru would have been better off leaving the boys at home.
He would if he wasn't behind in those games. The SCV pull is the choice most Terran players use when they are behind or so far behind. And apparently, Maru was behind in those games, be in game 1, game 2, or even game 4 (albeit slightly compared to the previous games). The high level micro of herO is what stopping it from working. Any micro mistake might kill herO, but he is too good to die.
@@WhaleryYes, Hero had a lead, but It's not just that. It's that the Zealot composition is nullified by SCV's but Stalkers are not. SCVs are extremely effective vs Zealot heavy comps because they body exhaust the charge of the melee only Zealots and body block them from getting damage on the terran bio. Maru should have realized that in the absence of mass Zealot, an SCV pull is useless, but he didn't realize what was happening and didn't make the adjustment .
Ever since I met hero, I was impressed by his play style... I love it. I followed him in this GSL, trusting that his game would defeat his opponents and take the cup, and it did. Really convinced that he is the best protoss to date.
Great finals, one of the most fun watch in a while, and so good to see protoss played with unit control being the name of the game. Grats to both players and thanks for the show.
@Haoxus ...Nice nuianced understanding of the game. Imagine viewing that level of tactical brilliance, smashing Maru in code S finals, and boiling it down to "stocker disruptor zealots". The difference was that he went extremely heavy on immortals in the late game, often protoss tend to favour collossus and archons for that consistant splash output while the disruptors force disengagements and break formations, but in his case it was a massive army of immortals shelling out that constant damage in place of the spash. It worked out in the position the game was in, because Maru was relying so heavily on marauders in that position and low tech units in general, so every time he pushed in he would have to dodge the disruptor shots while constantly bleeding marauders to the immortals. And it was very robust with the immortals, hard to engage head on.
@@haoxus9413 haha... Well, it's like Hero used the units that were working for the situation instead of falling back on preconceived "I build this comp and I win" type thinking. Tempests when siege is needed, immortals when marauders are rampant and even a 4 gate stalker response to brutal opening damage from Maru. Best of all? He did all that against the best Terran in the world in a 7 game finals. Hero is a beast.
I love how in their culture they have the respect to talk shit straight to each others face about their game and bow and shake hands to each other and get after it. I wish the US would have more of that. much love for korea and giving us GSL to watch
Okay how fucking inspiring is it, in a game that many people where saying was unbalanced at the top level (with Protoss being the weakest). That a fucking genius comes along and sees the game in his own unique way, and figured out some crazy shit and literally revolutionized the game?! By himself?! Like that is some serious brain power and not to mention proper mindset to boot. He literally did something that many people would have called impossible… HER0 the fucking gosu!!!
I… I don’t know if Hero made a mistake that entire series. The one blink forward to get the tank was all that came to mind, but it would have been worse if he didn’t finish the tank and lost the same amount of stalkers. What an insane showing of strength against Maru. Made the GOAT LOOK look a diamond player. Insane series. Just loved every second of it.
Honestly it was ABOUT TIME!! Protoss desperately needed an important tournament win, in this case none other than GSL. Congratulations Hero, as a Terran main and Maru fan... you deserved it 100%. Mad respect, such an unorthodox agressive style and full of different builds to catch opponent by surprise. I hope this also makes Maru reconsider and brings him back to a more humble attitude and state of mind, cause he did feel a bit cocky this time. Hero always been a dangerous Terran killer and it would be a terrible mistake to underestimate him. Amazing finals, ggs !!
@@crazydog266 my comment is based purely on what he said behind the scenes or interviews showed, usually he is a lot more humble. But it could also be semi pre staged to spice a bit more the show
The level of this players are Insane they make unbelievable moves on the game big aplause for both of them! and thank you GSL I really enjoyed watching FINALS!!!
Ive been watching E sports for a long time, im 35! But, Tastosis has gotta be top tier of casters man, the professionalism, game knowledge and laid back comedy and synergy is just on point!!! Makes me so happy to be watching these games with these other awesome peeps!
truthfully the best series in this year so far. there's so many moments in this series that could lead to maru totally turn the table around but somehow hero still come up in top.
Maybe the greatest series of all time. Maru lost but it was still Maru. A fight every step of the way. Just, wow. I have never seen Protoss look like that.
This was a wonderful final, I loved it. Every game was awesome (game 4 a little sloppy though) and I was absolutely blown away by how well her0 played. At the same time, maru put up a crazy good fight, I could hardly believe that her0 won.
I'm a terran at heart since SC1. But I still want to say that this game was amazing and her0 played absolutely brilliantly. He deserved this victory. Still love you Maru!
Wow I loved seeing Maru and her0 interacting on the bus! Also that Reynor in the intro! Great production for this entire tournament!! TURBO-Hype that top players are actually returning STRONG from the military!!!!!
Guys I'm crying!!!! This is the best GSL I've ever seen. 4-1?! I can't contain myself. The winner played every game so smart. This is momentous in Starcraft history!!!
I find it funny that Her0 winning this match not only stopped Maru from getting his G5L but also Trap failing to become the next protoss champion... :D
Awesome finals, really loved it. Bit odd tho that Tastosis are talking about reverse sweeps at one point and can't remember that awesome fight between Trap and Maru a year ago.
Amazing finals. No disrespect to Maru (the greatest Terran of the modern era) but Hero made him look lost and desperate this match. Incredible foresight, flawless micro and spreading Nexus like he's Zerg. Fantastic work from the GOAT casting duo Tastosis, sad that this might be one of their last. S+ tier production, players and esports tournament as always. GSL 4 eva
Dude. If you think this after watching this I wonder what you thought when rogue roflstomped mari with roach/ravager last year. This series was way closer then that.
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2:40:40 is the moment you want to see (be sure to finish the series first)
Oooh that's touching man! Love those two
right i was waiting to see this since 2012.. it makes my day indeed
This perfectly represents how terran feels when Protoss players troll them
Maru career ending in attempted murder
Even caster Park couldn't hold out a laugh when he saw it right afterwards LOL
You can't say enough about the production quality of this tournament!! There's no other tournament that even comes close. THANK YOU GSL!
PROLEAGUE!!! was best
The music, the professionalism….and it’s mostly Korean(ie, not in the language we’re typing in lol) Truly a gold standard of esports production
world chess championship, super bowl, world series,............... nothing close?
@@justinmanley8131 eSports is what I was referring to
Well, Koreans invented E-sports and game casting. I remember in the old days the westerners used to make fun of Koreans for casting videogames but look at now, everyone game casts tournaments.
Originally I was rooting for Maru but damn... Hero has redefined Protoss 12 years after SC2 came out - holy crap!!! And he's so humble and always smiling... I almost cried during the post-match interview! Amazing finals and amazing performance! Thank you Afreeca
gotta love spoilers being near the top
@@chrisreid5209 gotta love people who read the comments (that can always contain spoilers) instead of watching video first and then reading comments :P
@@Amsztel Hardly always, but ok.
And yeah, I came just to spoil it for myself and waste my own time lol. Obviously I scrolled down by mistake
@@chrisreid5209 But of course, I didn't want to be rude or something... peace :)
@@chrisreid5209 imagine discussing the video in the only place you can discuss the video.
GSL is so damn amazing. Great great job Hero, really looked unstoppable. He played so well it made it hard to believe he was playing against Maru, which says a LOT.
Truly beautiful protoss play by herO. I haven't had chills like that in a long time. Maru being the champion that he is, brought the pressure, and herO deflected and defended when it counted. Amazing to watch herO since he has come back from military service, redefining the meta and tearing through the GSL bracket to finally win a GSL championship. Congrats herO! gg wp
Seems herO learned to be more agressive at the military service. What a player!
Future military commander of Korea
Hero, you're a fucking legend. 5 years I've been watching protoss get crushed in finals. That was a real treat to watch!!
Same here...
Same man finally
Bruh not even crushed in finals, they barely make into any finals... it was depressing
Finally a good protoss player.
I bet the rest of them still do nothing
@@jayceh Unfortunately i do have to agree with you. Creator has the abilities but is still way to emotional. I think it will be difficult for him to change his mindset. If he can, we have a second contender for winning a GSL as Protoss.
wow such beautiful plays by hero!! got me tearing up during the interview. also love how wholesome hero and maru are with each other
Me too . Its been a while . For us protoss players
That was PHENOMENAL play from the winner. What a series
2:09:54 is the best moment. See how the audience reacted to that. I could not stop giving a big applause.
As a protoss player... this means so much. I can't believe Hero actually reinvented the wheel. I've never seen this kind of protoss play in years.
It's about time!
His usage of Disruptors and High Templars is beautiful. Who knew Stalkers could be such reliable frontliners? If they get low, blink them away, and send in the Cavalry in the form of Zealots. 😂😂 If the High Templars have used their Psi Storms, immediately merge them into Archons for more frontliners to reinforce the Stalkers, and keep the beefy/hard-hitting Immortals alive in the back line. If those Immortals become exposed, well they are tanky as hell to hold the line until more warp ins occur from the Warp Prisms, while Zealots go from cavalry to covert ops on Maru’s mineral lines/military defenses. Rinse-wash-repeat. Congratulations Hero. It’s nice to finally see a dominant Protoss player for a change.
And he did it the true protoss way
@@twoface9959 It almost felt like Hero was playing Zerg, except with protoss units. It was insane. The fact that between Bunny and Maru they pulled the boys (scvs) like every round... Wow that dominance!
I always cry whenever I see protoss send their archons into battle after they've been emp'd.
It’s been FAR too long. Terran has had Maru to look up to, Zerg has had four different behemoths to represent them, but there’s been a void for Protoss at the top. It looks like Toss fans finally have someone who can fight in that weight class. Regardless of which race you are a supporter of, Protoss, and the game, and the scene in general, really NEEDED this to happen. It’s nice to get a fresh personality at the top.
The ONE
Protoss was indeed without a hero, but not anymore.
You forgot about TRAP and ZEST who won GSL titles too
@@user-Doggo101 Trap never won a Code S and Zest was very inconsistent, he beats Rogue in the semi-finals, the Blizzcon champion and 2 times Katowice champion but loses to Cure, the one that haven't won anything important and then he fails to qualify for the robin round 2 times in a row.
@@user-Doggo101 The last GSL Code S title by a Protoss was Stats in 2017. Super Tournament is irrelevant.
The smiling assassin does it at last!!!
Such beautiful plays man, honestly.
Maru has been saying for more than a year that Protoss should utilize both high templars and disruptor at the same time and here Hero does it :^)
Certainly but not only that. Top Protoss players in the last years always tried to max out on skytoss as quickly as possible, because it was the savest option (basically you almost cant die in the early game, so you can spent the next 15 minutes to build up your deathball). But top tier terran and especially zerg players learned to deal with those armies very efficiently, thats why protoss didnt win any large tournaments. Then skytoss got a slight nerf with the voids and suddenly protoss players learn how to use ground armies again, which always were powerfull. Save for a heavy broodlord or lurker army i think groundtoss can deal with any composition. Hero just shows the potiential groundtoss always had. Has did something similar, as Reynor does now (when he plays protoss) but both arent quite at Heros level (well with protoss that is). And the best thing for use viewers is, the games are much more action packed that way 🙂
@@Daniel-rd6st Tbf, lurker army sucks against robo units. They are good against gateway-based army, but kinda being thrown away by disruptors unless you get vipers (and then they get feedbacks in return).
@@Whalery I think thats true. I added lurkers mainly, because i saw once 15 or so lurkers completly derstroying around the same number of immortals that got too close while the lurkers were on hold fire :p
hero played so well that you cant be mad even if youre a maru fan. Truly a starcraft genius
well, no, hero played great but what was maru doing in this series. that mine drop in the last game was terrible. im starting to wonder if maru has G5L nerves cause he's been pretty bad both times hes had the chance to win it. he seems unprepared each time too like he's not even ready for the series.
Damn such a short time after his military service he reinvented Protoss and crushed Maru. The smiling assassin is back.
That tempest play in the end was a sick finish to winning the GSL final. Congrats to Hero, well played still by Maru, he is still the god of terran and will for sure make his return.
herO redefined modern protoss with this performance
He's been doing it all year and it culminated in this moment. This was insane.
@@sz8938 Just like that, Protoss looks now OP.
HerO's new idea about immortals is so cool. In order to take down disruptors quickly, Maru is supposed to build marauders. Therefore, adding some immortals to protect (by fire forces) the disruptors maybe the key idea about this unit composition. Protoss is really a race about sheilding to each unit.
storm-immortal vs bio has been around since WoL, the idea is storm will kill the marine, wound the marauder and immortal will just 1-shot them. Liberator is the most reliable unit to deal with disruptor, mass marauder won't work in the long run. But then Maru just can't afford liberator with his economy (if you're referring to game 2)
@@ThanhLe-ti8nx Yeah you are rigt. In the final game, herO turned into tempests. Maybe he had already estimated the timing to switch the unit composition, matching the timing of liberators. (But Maru still could not afford mass liberator.)
Hero oozes charisma. I can't help but like and root for him, even against my favorite players; he seems like such a good dude.
Well deserved win. I expected the very best of this finals and it delivered.
2:34:41 I love how Hero turns around and looks like "where the heck did my table go?!" :D
Been watching SC2 since 2013 and this is the best GSL finals I can remember and definitely in the conversation for best sc2 starleague finals period... simply because of how amazing the matchup was, herO VS Maru, all the storylines, this was truly the two highest level players right now duking it out, you cannot ask for more than that as a fan of sc2. I haven't seen a Protoss player play this perfectly ever, even with the slight little micro mistakes (2 with disruptors that I can remember), his control was 99.8% perfect and his decision making was 99.9% perfect. Maru is one of my top 3 favorite players and I was rooting against him to be honest. I have been closely following herO all year as IMO he's been the most hype player all year long just getting better and better leading up to this match. This was just crazy, man.
Congratulations Hero! U truly deserved it. Ive been watching him for years. To see from a careless toss player to a wiser and more calculative player, such an amazing journey. I once critized him for being very weak against terran player, but now he just beat the terran god Maru. Such an amazing play and journey by Hero.
Hero plays such a great style. Came back much stronger after his service, truly remarkable.
Hero is truly inspirational. Finally we have a protoss champion.
Game 1 starts at 36:40
This time the stories of both players add so much to the game. Also their banter was very enjoyable, so I'm very glad I watched the 15 minutes before the games as well!
this is seriously the best sc2 i've ever seen in my entire life. herO is a fucking god, that wasn't even close, maru played so well but he just tore him apart anyway, like god damn.
yep, he 4-1 Maru, in mostly macro games (only 1 "cheese"), think of how insane that is. Maru looked unstoppable beating Dark too so you know he's at the top of his game.
@@sz8938 right? i saw maru's semi finals match and i was like, oh dear god, i want hero to win but maru just ripped apart DARK. little did i know...
Solo lost money
I have never seen before a top protoss beated world no1 terran so clear in major tourney final. it was mostly very close. but this series HerO made something different and played perfect. no words describe his momentum.
His first GSL after a 9 year career. Congrats Hero!!! You deserve it for completely changing the meta.
Had been a herO fan for many years like his aggressive style. And had been feeling sad for him for not being very successful for many years finally he got a very deserving championship! Can’t hold back my emotion and had to cheer out loud for him! Congrats herO!
Even as a maru fan is great to see a protos win gsl cause the game needs strong players on all races
Strongly agree
for sure
The active style of Hero has put new life into SC2.
To beat Maru in a GSL finals you have to say “wow the Protoss must have played out of his mind”. To SMASH Maru 4-1? I don’t think we realize just yet how insane of a level that is. I’m just speechless. WOW HERO!!!!
On 2 bases if Terran does not out-right win they will have a big problem securing more expansions. Hero mind out almost the entire map.
One of the crazy things about this series is how every time Maru pulled SCV's, it accomplished basically nothing. Recently and historically Protosses have been destroyed by it quite often. Hero's focus on Blink stalkers with constant micro, rather than mass Zealot, and his usage of Sentry forcefields rendered the SCV pull essentially useless every time. Maru would have been better off leaving the boys at home.
He would if he wasn't behind in those games. The SCV pull is the choice most Terran players use when they are behind or so far behind. And apparently, Maru was behind in those games, be in game 1, game 2, or even game 4 (albeit slightly compared to the previous games). The high level micro of herO is what stopping it from working. Any micro mistake might kill herO, but he is too good to die.
@@WhaleryYes, Hero had a lead, but It's not just that. It's that the Zealot composition is nullified by SCV's but Stalkers are not. SCVs are extremely effective vs Zealot heavy comps because they body exhaust the charge of the melee only Zealots and body block them from getting damage on the terran bio. Maru should have realized that in the absence of mass Zealot, an SCV pull is useless, but he didn't realize what was happening and didn't make the adjustment .
@@rnf123 Yeah, Maru had to play so reactionary and the point of Hero's builds is to force Terran to react into a poor position
Ever since I met hero, I was impressed by his play style... I love it. I followed him in this GSL, trusting that his game would defeat his opponents and take the cup, and it did. Really convinced that he is the best protoss to date.
I've been waiting for a Protoss player to win GSL for so long. This version of HerO is the best sc2 player right now.
I am so happy right now, i could cry!!! This is a huge win for all of AIUR!! WOO HOO!!
Such a good final. Every game was so good. Hero definitely deserved it, played amazingly.
I always loved herO back during the proleague days. INCREDIBLE to see him come back from the military and win a GSL
wow, what an insane series !!! thank you Afreeca !! grats to both for coming to the grand finals
Great finals, one of the most fun watch in a while, and so good to see protoss played with unit control being the name of the game. Grats to both players and thanks for the show.
Thanks to the players and Afreeca for providing us this amazing show 🎊😍
son : Papa tell me about hero.
father : Sit before my son. I'll tell about the legend of the Protoss clan sitting on the GSL champion throne.
TIMESTAMPS
Pre-match kazoo music and interviews - 9:56
Tastosis banter starts - 12:27
Cheerfuls - 20:29
marO vs Heru
Map 1 - 36:39
Map 2 - 47:19
More cheerfuls - 1:18:00
Map 3 -1:19:34
Map 4 - 1:38:02
chopping onions - 2:37:07
I'm so happy for herO, the moment I saw his style I loved it. Been cheering for him always!
Her0 wasn't allowed to reveal the low ground gate used in game 1 till those maps were cycled out of the region/servers/public ladders.
Hero's very aggressive play is just so entertaining to watch. didnt realize its been 5 years since protoss won GSL Code S. Goodjob !!
herO played amazing, his blend of units, control and ability to counter when oponent makes changes. herO is the hero protoss needed in starcraft 2
By a Blend of units you mean stocker disruptor zealots?
I'm not a Terran player but what you said is not true
@@haoxus9413 uh he also built a ton of immortals, archon, and high Templar for storm/feedback? Smh.
@@haoxus9413 so salty
@Haoxus ...Nice nuianced understanding of the game. Imagine viewing that level of tactical brilliance, smashing Maru in code S finals, and boiling it down to "stocker disruptor zealots".
The difference was that he went extremely heavy on immortals in the late game, often protoss tend to favour collossus and archons for that consistant splash output while the disruptors force disengagements and break formations, but in his case it was a massive army of immortals shelling out that constant damage in place of the spash. It worked out in the position the game was in, because Maru was relying so heavily on marauders in that position and low tech units in general, so every time he pushed in he would have to dodge the disruptor shots while constantly bleeding marauders to the immortals. And it was very robust with the immortals, hard to engage head on.
@@haoxus9413 haha... Well, it's like Hero used the units that were working for the situation instead of falling back on preconceived "I build this comp and I win" type thinking. Tempests when siege is needed, immortals when marauders are rampant and even a 4 gate stalker response to brutal opening damage from Maru.
Best of all? He did all that against the best Terran in the world in a 7 game finals. Hero is a beast.
What an absolutely gorgeous, beautiful finals! Tastosis casting just made it perfect!
Amazing finals, best in years. Both Maru and Hero played like gods. Love it.
Salute to you Artosis! Thank you for all the years of quality casting!! You and Tasteless are quite the pair!
I love how in their culture they have the respect to talk shit straight to each others face about their game and bow and shake hands to each other and get after it. I wish the US would have more of that. much love for korea and giving us GSL to watch
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like a military formation... amazing.
good catch 😆
The mine cleanup with the disruptors in game two was art! Beautiful.
Okay how fucking inspiring is it, in a game that many people where saying was unbalanced at the top level (with Protoss being the weakest). That a fucking genius comes along and sees the game in his own unique way, and figured out some crazy shit and literally revolutionized the game?! By himself?! Like that is some serious brain power and not to mention proper mindset to boot. He literally did something that many people would have called impossible… HER0 the fucking gosu!!!
This broke my heart. Broke it into a million pieces. Still cool to see such domination! Congrats to the victor!!
My toss heart is happy! amazing series!
also good to hear that Tastosis will continue :)
timestamp for this please?
@@Leadweight2 2:46:24
Oh thank you for this! :)
The plan was always for Artosis to move to Canada after Season 3. The big question is whether Tastosis will continue next year.
I hope he stays... Or be replaced.. by pigcast
Best finals in a long time, gg hero
I… I don’t know if Hero made a mistake that entire series. The one blink forward to get the tank was all that came to mind, but it would have been worse if he didn’t finish the tank and lost the same amount of stalkers. What an insane showing of strength against Maru. Made the GOAT LOOK look a diamond player. Insane series. Just loved every second of it.
Honestly it was ABOUT TIME!!
Protoss desperately needed an important tournament win, in this case none other than GSL.
Congratulations Hero, as a Terran main and Maru fan... you deserved it 100%. Mad respect, such an unorthodox agressive style and full of different builds to catch opponent by surprise.
I hope this also makes Maru reconsider and brings him back to a more humble attitude and state of mind, cause he did feel a bit cocky this time. Hero always been a dangerous Terran killer and it would be a terrible mistake to underestimate him.
Amazing finals, ggs !!
Dude how do you even know what's Maru thinking? He's like -_- 99% of the time no matter when he's losing or winning.
@@crazydog266 my comment is based purely on what he said behind the scenes or interviews showed, usually he is a lot more humble. But it could also be semi pre staged to spice a bit more the show
@@KorewaKosmo I believe that is all staged since they both are so terrible at acting lmao
What an epic epic series!!! Congrats to you Hero! You've finally made all us Protoss proud! :D
I am a Maru super fan but this makes me super happy.
GG herO! Well, well deserved.
This was one of the best Starcraft finals I ever saw, super awesome! Thank you very much
really solid finals, loved that and really enjoyed Hero's innovative and aggressive play
This is sooo exciting. Soo glad I could watch this. Thank you AFREECA TV!!!!!
The level of this players are Insane they make unbelievable moves on the game big aplause for both of them! and thank you GSL I really enjoyed watching FINALS!!!
Was a lot of fun to see this live. First event I've been to in person since IEM Gamescom back in 2010!
HOLY SHIT hERO!!!!! WELL DESERVED LONG OVERDUE!!! WOW. I'm so happy for him CONGRATZ!!!
Congratulations, Hero! Damn protosses haven't been winning GSL for 5 years! Great that Hero was able to do it.
Ive been watching E sports for a long time, im 35! But, Tastosis has gotta be top tier of casters man, the professionalism, game knowledge and laid back comedy and synergy is just on point!!! Makes me so happy to be watching these games with these other awesome peeps!
truthfully the best series in this year so far. there's so many moments in this series that could lead to maru totally turn the table around but somehow hero still come up in top.
Wow great series. Hero's play has evolved so much. Good on him.
6 minutes into the first game so far. Thumbs up, best GSL finals ever!
Maybe the greatest series of all time. Maru lost but it was still Maru. A fight every step of the way. Just, wow. I have never seen Protoss look like that.
This was a wonderful final, I loved it. Every game was awesome (game 4 a little sloppy though) and I was absolutely blown away by how well her0 played. At the same time, maru put up a crazy good fight, I could hardly believe that her0 won.
FINALLY PROTOSS WINS! Jeez. Go Hero!!!!!
ty hero we protosses needed this. great finals, organization, comentators on top too.
Hero literally just saved SC2. What an absolute god.
Such a great finals! So happy for the winner!
I'm a terran at heart since SC1. But I still want to say that this game was amazing and her0 played absolutely brilliantly. He deserved this victory.
Still love you Maru!
After so many years... Finally another Protoss Champion. Congrats to HERO
Lovely !! The better player won this day
Wow I loved seeing Maru and her0 interacting on the bus! Also that Reynor in the intro! Great production for this entire tournament!!
TURBO-Hype that top players are actually returning STRONG from the military!!!!!
Hero's stellar year continues. So well played. No one is more deserving than him. GG's
This game and this tournament just keeps giving! Thank you
Guys I'm crying!!!! This is the best GSL I've ever seen. 4-1?! I can't contain myself. The winner played every game so smart. This is momentous in Starcraft history!!!
Amazing micro and especially macro by Hero throughout the whole season, congratulations!
I find it funny that Her0 winning this match not only stopped Maru from getting his G5L but also Trap failing to become the next protoss champion... :D
And am I glad 😊 Trap just never gave me good vibes. Hero is someone everyone can get behind, his charisma and unshakeable attitude is contagious.
these games were epic, what a great finals, so glad GSL is still going strong, was nice seeing the place packed
watching this again and my heart still races every game ❤❤❤
Hero - the new Maru of protoss. ' Just play like Hero ' will be scoffed at for years to come.... What an absolute legend in macro and micro.
Dude, I'm so happy for Hero! I can only imagine the struggle he's gone through. It's such a tough competition, glad he overcame this!
God I love tastosis being lowkey hero fanboys.
Congrats to hero and thanks maru for letting us endulge on such a banger of series.
Thanks guys!
Thanks you GSL, such a great production. Awesome to watch! 👍🙂
I think even the most ardent Maru fan can smile at this series. Hero just looks so happy! Ggs to him!
Awesome finals, really loved it. Bit odd tho that Tastosis are talking about reverse sweeps at one point and can't remember that awesome fight between Trap and Maru a year ago.
Which hinged entirely on Trap turning his Tempests the wrong way, or it would have been a 4-0
Amazing finals! Thank you GSl. Even as a Terran fan its nice to see Protoss win a big tourney.
I was clapping and saying bravo every 2minutes during the entire match!! What a finals !! 🤯🤯
Amazing finals. No disrespect to Maru (the greatest Terran of the modern era) but Hero made him look lost and desperate this match. Incredible foresight, flawless micro and spreading Nexus like he's Zerg. Fantastic work from the GOAT casting duo Tastosis, sad that this might be one of their last. S+ tier production, players and esports tournament as always. GSL 4 eva
No spoilers :(
Yeah you could at least put your spoilers deeper in your comments
Dude. If you think this after watching this I wonder what you thought when rogue roflstomped mari with roach/ravager last year. This series was way closer then that.
Im a Maru fan but can't be mad at hero winning this one. He played amazingly. Also never knew he was married cool to see his wife there watching.
Ah cool! I didn’t know that his wife was there. Any timestamp of her watching ? Thx!
@@jeepld dont have an exact timestamp but they show her towards the end. Shes in tears and they mention thats his wife